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Memphis International Airport
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1930s
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1960s
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The new airport, before wings were added on each side of the main structure,
and long before the parking garage was built across the front.
The caption from this 1950s/1960s postcard reads:
MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, Memphis, Tenn. Serving 7 airlines, with over 150 flights daily.
Click photo to enlarge. Bluff City News Co., Memphis, Tenn |
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The caption from this 1950s/1960s postcard reads:
MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. This magnificent new terminal building, with over 150 flights daily, was designed to meet operational requirements of 7 airlines serving Memphis, providing maximum comfort, convenience and safety for air travelers.
Click photo to enlarge. Bluff City News Co., Memphis, Tenn |
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The new west wing is added in the late 1960s.
The east wing has yet to be built.
The caption from this 1950s/1960s postcard reads:
MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MEMPHIS, TENN. This modern airport, designed to meet operational requirements of all major Airlines serving Memphis, is fast becoming one of the largest Airports in the Southland
C. B. S. Card Service, 501 Franklin Drive, Paris, Tenn. 38242 |
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| 1970s |
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By the 1970s, the airport had a new, taller Traffic Control Tower
and a new automobile traffic pattern.
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Submitted by: Bill Gray : 23 Jan 2009, 09:38
My very first commercial flight was a Delta DC-6 out of McKellar field. I
flew to Chicago, via St. Louis, to go to boot camp at the Great Lakes.
When I returned to Memphis the plane arrived at the new terminal, Memphis
International Airport, which was across the street (Winchester Ave.) I
thought we were in the wrong city.
Submitted by: Nathan A. Smith : 08 Sep 2009, 19:52
I was Station Manager of Eastern Airlines at Memphis from June 1952 until
October 1979. When the new terminal was opened on July 30, 1963, Eastern
gave the city of Memphis it's first city flag. Many happy times and
memories of the airport.
Submitted by: Paul Beck : 13 Nov 2009, 15:37
In 1943 when I lived at Gailor Hall, a home for needy boys, the director
would drive some of us out by the airport and park so we could watch the
planes take off and land. I have established a website in attempt to reach
former residents of Gailor Hall/Memphis Boys Town. Please visit my site at
http://gailorhall-memphisboystownalumni.org/
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